Method and Device for Three-Dimensional Channel Measurement Resource Configuration and Quality Measurement

1. A method for configuring resources for three-dimensional channel measurement, the method comprising: selecting, by a base station provided with a two-dimensional array of antennas, channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement from channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for a user equipment, wherein each of the channel quality measurement resources corresponds to one time-frequency resource position and at least one port; and transmitting, by the base station for each of the selected channel quality measurement resources a channel measurement reference signal to the user equipment via the port or ports corresponding to the channel quality measurement resource on the time-frequency resource position corresponding to the channel quality measurement resource, and transmitting indicators of the selected channel quality measurement resources to the user equipment; wherein selecting, by the base station, the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement from the channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for the user equipment comprises: selecting, by the base station, at least one of the channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for the user equipment as a channel quality measurement resource for three-dimensional channel measurement, wherein the sum of the numbers of ports corresponding to the respective selected channel quality measurement resource is equal to the total number of ports to be measured for three-dimensional-Multiple Input Multiple Output, 3D-MIMO.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the base station selects the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement from the channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for the user equipment, the method further comprises: configuring, by the base station, the user equipment with a plurality of channel quality measurement resources, and numbering the measurement resources, wherein each of the channel quality measurement resources corresponds to one time-frequency resource position and at least one port; and transmitting, by the base station, indicators of the configured plurality of channel quality measurement resources to the user equipment in Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling.

3. A method for three-dimensional channel measurement, comprising: receiving, by a user equipment, indicators, transmitted by a base station provided with a two-dimensional array of antennas, of channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement, wherein the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement are selected by the base station from channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for the user equipment, and each of the channel quality measurement resources corresponds to one time-frequency resource position and at least one port; receiving, by the user equipment, for each of the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement a channel measurement reference signal transmitted by the base station via the port or ports corresponding to the channel quality measurement resource on the time-frequency resource position corresponding to the channel quality measurement resource, and making channel quality measurement according to the channel measurement reference signal; obtaining, by the user equipment, three-dimensional channel quality information according to results of the channel quality measurement, and reporting the three-dimensional channel quality information to the base station; wherein the sum of the numbers of ports corresponding to the respective channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement is equal to the total number of ports to be measured for 3D-MIMO.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein before the user equipment receives the indicators, transmitted by the base station, of the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement, the method further comprises: receiving, by the user equipment, indicators of a plurality of channel quality measurement resources configured by the base station, wherein each of the channel quality measurement resources corresponds to one time-frequency resource position and at least one port.

5. The method according to claim 3 , obtaining, by the user equipment, the three-dimensional channel quality information according to the results of the channel quality measurement comprises: determining, by the user equipment, the position or positions, in the two-dimensional array of antennas of the base station, of the port or ports corresponding to each of the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement; obtaining, by the user equipment for each row in the two-dimensional array of antennas of the base station, a channel correlation matrix corresponding to the row of ports according to results of the channel quality measurement on the respective ports in the row; and obtaining horizontal Pre-coding Matrix Indicator, PMI, information according to the channel correlation matrixes corresponding to the respective rows of ports, and obtaining horizontal Channel Quality Indicator, CQI, information according to the PMI information; and obtaining, by the user equipment for each column in the two-dimensional array of antennas of the base station, a channel correlation matrix corresponding to the column of ports according to results of the channel quality measurement on the respective ports in the column; and obtaining vertical PMI information according to the channel correlation matrixes corresponding to the respective columns of ports, and to obtain vertical CQI information according to the PMI information.

8. A base station, comprising a two-dimensional array of antennas, a transceiver, a processor, and a memory, wherein: the processor is configured with one or more executable programs to select channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement from channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for a user equipment, wherein each of the channel quality measurement resources corresponds to one time-frequency resource position and at least one port; and to transmit for each of the selected channel quality measurement resources a channel measurement reference signal to the user equipment via the port or ports corresponding to the channel quality measurement resource on the time-frequency resource position corresponding to the channel quality measurement resource, and to transmit indicators of the selected channel quality measurement resources to the user equipment; and the memory is configured to store the one or more executable programs for configuring the processor; wherein the processor is further configured: to select at least one of the channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for the user equipment as a channel quality measurement resource for three-dimensional channel measurement, wherein the sum of the numbers of ports corresponding to the respective selected channel quality measurement resource is equal to the total number of ports to be measured for 3D-MIMO.

9. The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured: to configure the user equipment with a plurality of channel quality measurement resources, and to number the measurement resources, before selecting the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement from the channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for the user equipment, wherein each of the channel quality measurement resources corresponds to one time-frequency resource position and at least one port; and to transmit indicators of the configured plurality of channel quality measurement resources to the user equipment in Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling.

10. The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the channel quality measurement resource is a Channel State Information-Reference Signal, CSI-RS, resource; and the channel measurement reference signal is a CSI-RS.

11. A user equipment, comprising antennas, a transceiver, a processor and a memory, wherein: the processor is configured with one or more executable programs to receive indicators, transmitted by a base station provided with a two-dimensional array of antennas, of channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement, through the antennas and the transceiver, wherein the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement are selected by the base station from channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for the user equipment, and each of the channel quality measurement resources corresponds to one time-frequency resource position and at least one port; to receive for each of the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement a channel measurement reference signal transmitted by the base station via the port or ports corresponding to the channel quality measurement resource on the time-frequency resource position corresponding to the channel quality measurement resource through the transceiver and the antennas, to make channel quality measurement according to the channel measurement reference signal, and to obtain three-dimensional channel quality information according to results of the channel quality measurement; and to report the three-dimensional channel quality information to the base station through the transceiver and the antennas; and the memory is configured to store the one or more executable programs for configuring the processor; wherein the sum of the numbers of ports corresponding to the respective channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement is equal to the total number of ports to be measured for 3D-MIMO.

12. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured with an executable program: to receive indicators of a plurality of channel quality measurement resources configured by the base station before receiving the indicators, transmitted by the base station, the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement, wherein each of the channel quality measurement resources corresponds to one time-frequency resource position and at least one port.

13. The user equipment according to claim 11 , the processor is further configured with an executable program: to determine the position or positions, in the two-dimensional array of antennas of the base station, of the port or ports corresponding to each of the channel quality measurement resources for three-dimensional channel measurement; to obtain for each row in the two-dimensional array of antennas of the base station a channel correlation matrix corresponding to the row of ports according to results of the channel quality measurement on the respective ports in the row; and to obtain horizontal Pre-coding Matrix Indicator, PMI, information according to the channel correlation matrixes corresponding to the respective rows of ports, and to obtain horizontal Channel Quality Indicator, CQI, information according to the PMI information; and to obtain for each column in the two-dimensional array of antennas of the base station a channel correlation matrix corresponding to the column of ports according to results of the channel quality measurement on the respective ports in the column; and to obtain vertical PMI information according to the channel correlation matrixes corresponding to the respective columns of ports, and to obtain vertical CQI information according to the PMI information.

15. The user equipment according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured with an executable program: to obtain an average matrix R HH of the channel correlation matrixes corresponding to the respective rows of ports in Equation 2 below: R HH = 1 N ⁢ ∑ n = 0 N - 1 ⁢ R HH n ; Equation ⁢ ⁢ 2 and to obtain the horizontal PMI information by decomposing the average matrix R HH .

17. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured with an executable program: to obtain an average matrix R HH of the channel correlation matrixes corresponding to the respective columns of ports in Equation 4 below: R HH = 1 M ⁢ ∑ m = 0 M - 1 ⁢ R HH m ; Equation ⁢ ⁢ 4 and to obtain the vertical PMI information by decomposing the average matrix R HH .

18. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the channel quality measurement resource is a Channel State Information-Reference Signal, CSI-RS, resource; and the channel measurement reference signal is a CSI-RS.